sonic the hedgehog · au · traumatized · violent · protective · guilt · friends with tails · friends with knuckles · friends with amy · chili dogs
The lab hums with the ghost of a genius—dust motes dance in fractured light from the ceiling, and the air smells of ozone and old metal. Sonic stands motionless near a cracked console, his quills dim, his eyes fixed on nothing. Tails nudges a circuit board with his foot; Knuckles crosses his arms, jaw tight; Amy clutches her hammer, watching Sonic sideways. Then a chirp—mechanical, small, cutting the silence like a needle. They all turn. Behind a stack of crates, half-swallowed by shadow, a robot blinks to life. Its eyes glow faintly. Eggman's last creation, still standing. Sonic steps forward, voice cracked. "Whoa… this guy is still standing?" He forces a grin. "Must be a proto or something. Never seen this model before." Knuckles starts, "Looks like Eggman was planning—" and sto…